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The Lothians Last Days Of Steam

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Author : W. A. C. Smith
language : en
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Release Date : 2005-10

The Lothians Last Days Of Steam written by W. A. C. Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10 with Railroads categories.

As early as the seventeenth century, there were primitive wagonways serving coal pits in the Lothians. In 1831 the Edinburgh & Dalkeith (horse-drawn) railway opened, then the Lothians had their first taste of steam with the opening of the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway in 1842. The next fifty years saw a substantial expansion of the railway network, with routes pushing out from Edinburgh to many towns in the Lothians and the Borders, and branch lines penetrating the coalfields and mill valleys. In 1890 the apex of the Railway Age was reached with the opening of the Forth Bridge, but it was not to last. There was a short-lived railway renaissance in the 1930s, but by the end of the following decade the dead hand of nationalisation fell and the cuts began. This book covers the last years of steam working on the Lothians' railways, an era which came to an end in 1967. It features over 50 photographs of locomotives en route through the countryside and at many locations such as Balerno, Curriehill, Tranent, Forrestfield, Westcraig, Haddington, Drem, North Berwick, East Fortune, East Linton, West Barns, Dunbar, Inveresk, Smeaton, Dalkeith, Polton, Loanhead, Rosslynlee Hospital Halt, Newbattle Viaduct, Lady Victoria Colliery, Gorebridge, Midcalder, West Calder, Cobbinshaw, Dalmeny, Queensferry Junction, Linlithgow, Bo'ness, Kinneil Colliery, Bathgate, Broxburn, Polkemmet Junction and Boghead.

The Lothians Last Days Of Colliery Steam

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Author : G. T. Heavyside
language : en
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Release Date : 2015-07-13

The Lothians Last Days Of Colliery Steam written by G. T. Heavyside and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-13 with Coal mines and mining categories.

Scotland S Last Days Of Colliery Steam

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Author : Tom Heavyside
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Scotland S Last Days Of Colliery Steam written by Tom Heavyside and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Steam locomotives categories.

Long after steam engines disappeared from passenger rail lines, they were used extensively around Scotland's coal mines until as late as 1981. In this collection of 58 superb photographs, taken by the author during the mid- to late 1970s, these engines are shown hard at work at collieries in Ayrshire, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire, Lanarkshire and the Lothians. Enhanced by informative captions detailing the history of the use of steam locomotives - affectionately known as 'Pugs' - in Scottish mining, the collieries included are Barony, Bedlay, Cairnhill, Comrie, Dunaskin, Frances, Kinneil, Manor Powis, Mauchline, Minnevey, Niddrie, Pennyvennie and Polkemmet.